Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Disclosure of Information

The Lord Bishop of St Albans: To ask His Majesty's Government how many cases of whistleblowing occurred in NHS hospitals in (1) 2019, (2) 2020, (3) 2021, and (4) 2022.

Lord Markham: The information requested is not collected or held centrally.

Department for Business and Trade

Trade Promotion

Lord Watson of Wyre Forest: To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will place a copy of the conduct guidelines issued to trade envoys in the Library of the House.

The Earl of Minto: I will arrange for a copy of their Terms of Reference to be placed in the library.

Trade Promotion

Lord Watson of Wyre Forest: To ask His Majesty's Government how many trade envoys are the subject of complaints forbehaviour contrary to the Prime Minister’s guidelines on conduct.

The Earl of Minto: None.

Northern Ireland Office

Social Security: Northern Ireland

Lord Weir of Ballyholme: To ask His Majesty's Government what additional expenditure is allocated in the Northern Ireland budget for social security mitigation measures over that paid in the rest of the UK.

Lord Caine: Social security and the provision of benefits is a devolved matter and the responsible department is the Northern Ireland Department for Communities which has received a budget allocation of £862 million for the 2023-24 financial year. This budget allocation does not include additional funding for Northern Ireland’s existing social security mitigations which are more generous than the rest of the UK. The UK Government continues to explore, with the Northern Ireland Civil Service, the options for increasing budget sustainability to help ensure that public services in Northern Ireland are affordable on an ongoing basis.